Poverty: can we break the cycle?
This mission is aligned with SDG1: No poverty, and its aim to end poverty in all its forms everywhere.
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When we talk about poverty, we mean the state or condition in which a person or community lacks the financial resources and essentials for a minimum standard of living.
According to the United Nations, global poverty reduction has been slowing down since 2015. Then the COVID-19 pandemic hit, reversing three decades of steady progress towards poverty reduction and causing the number of people living in extreme poverty to rise for the first time in a generation. If current trends continue, 575 million people will still be living in extreme poverty in 2030.
In this mission, we ask:
- What causes poverty? Why does it happen?
- What are the impacts of poverty, on society, organisations, and us as individuals?
- And, crucially, what can be done to alleviate poverty? Can we achieve our goal of ending poverty in all its forms everywhere? Or will we always live in a society of haves and have-nots?
Find out how you can help us with our mission and access our free content on poverty and the UN SDGs below.
This mission supports our Responsible management goal
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We publish mission led social science research that tackles key societal challenges aligned with the UN SDGs. In doing so we work with academics who collaborate across disciplines and countries, and with industry and government, to publish research that influences thinking, changes policies, and positively makes a difference to lives beyond the walls of academia.
If you're a researcher or practitioner looking to publish a paper in this area, you can browse our full list of journals by subject area or view our latest call for papers to find the perfect home for your research.
If you are looking to publish a book or a case study, you can find the resources to help you submit, publish and promote your research on our publish with us page. If you still have questions or would like to talk to us about how you can get involved with our missions, get in touch with us directly using the form at the bottom of this page.
Find out everything you need to know about the subject of poverty, what the current research is saying, and the areas we'd love to see more research from in the future, in this video introduction from our goal advisor Professor Richard Oloruntoba.
Free journal articles on poverty
The purpose of our missions is to ensure that the research we publish can fully play its part in solving significant global challenges. This is why we have selected a series of articles aligned with the subject of poverty and made them free to access, so that you too can benefit from this research.
What causes poverty? How does it happen?
In this section we look at what causes poverty and, crucially, what exacerbates it: from race, consumption and income inequality, to geography, natural disasters, and global pandemics. We will discover why poverty occurs and why it is more prevalent in some areas than others.
What is the impact of poverty on society, the economy, and us as individuals?
What is the impact of poverty? How does it affect us? The following articles examine the effects of poverty, not just on our societies and economies but also on us as individuals. We will learn that poverty affects almost 10% of the world’s population, often with devastating results.
International Journal of Development Issues
How can we alleviate poverty and prevent it from happening in the future?
This section examines the current methods used to alleviate poverty, from Fintech and BOP strategies to conditional cash transfers. How are these methods implemented? And are they effective?
More free content on poverty
Journal articles are just one way our researchers talk about poverty. Explore some of our other forms of content, including free book chapters, an open access issue, a policy document, and podcasts.
Featured journals
Find out more about the journals we've used to select articles for this page. You can also search for a specific journal by subject area on our find a journal page or view our latest call for papers to find the perfect home for your research.
Need help publishing your article? You can find guides and resources to help you publish your article on our publish in a journal page.
Competitiveness Review
Critical perspectives on international business
International Journal of Development Issues
International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research
International Journal of Ethics and Systems
International Journal of Social Economics
Journal of Economics and Development
Journal of Economic Studies
Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy
Journal of Financial Economic Policy
Journal of Global Responsibility
Management Decision
Management Research: The Journal of the Iberoamerican Academy of Management
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Learn more about what we, as a business, are doing to help tackle poverty and the UN sustainable development goals below.
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Our commitment to sustainability
As a business, we have committed to helping our industry become more sustainable through a number of key initiatives and by publishing research that helps to make real world change.
Find out what we are doing to help and access our free content on sustainability and the UN SDGs.
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We love hearing from researchers and practitioners about their work.
If you would like to contribute to this page, or you are working on research related to poverty, responsible management, and the UN SDGs, and would like to publish it in a journal, book or case study, please let us know by filling in this form and we’ll get right back to you with advice on the next steps.